May 16 » Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
June 23 » Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign the "Treaty of Closer Amity With France" (also known as the Pommeraye treaty), pledging mutual aid against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
August 13 » Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
September 1 » Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
November 15 » Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Inca Empire leader Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging a meeting on the city plaza the following day.
November 16 » Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
January 25 » Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
March 7 » A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman–Venetian War and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands.
July 6 » French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.
July 13 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
September 10 » German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew beheaded in Hamburg .
October 8 » End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.
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